Manager, Paid Social

Manager, Paid Social

We are looking for a Manager, Paid Social to join our amazing team! This role is responsible for the implementation and execution of paid social campaigns across Meta, among other platforms. You will maintain, develop, and exceed performance targets for the brand, and be charged with gathering data from social platforms and distilling it into actionable insights. This role is client-facing, will involve strategic planning and executional leadership, own full-funnel projects, steward paid social budgets, and manage an associate.

Responsibilities:

• Manage full-funnel projects from start to finish, while coming up with creative ways to advance the brand through paid social
• Provide accurate client communication that details performance and return on investment via regular campaign reporting and analysis
• Oversee large paid social budgets through daily pacing reports and campaign optimizations
• Facilitate meetings, communicate with vendors, and participate in QBRs as needed
• Drive effective client services and client relationships through accurate and timely communication
• Develop and maintain relationships with clients, internal stakeholders, and key paid social partners to nurture performance growth
• Review and manage client data to ensure optimal performance on all campaigns
• Provide day to day implementation, optimization and execution of client campaigns through direct input and supervising junior staff
• Liaises with vendors and third-party reps to maintain and develop relationships and build knowledge of new features and betas
• Interpret performance reports to provide actionable insights and analysis to meet campaign objectives
• Coach and develop junior staff by supervising and providing QA on their projects and day to day activities
• Plan paid social campaigns via regular tactical recommendations for clients that include strategic social media investment across partners
• Work with platform partners to facilitate media plan proposals, campaign measurement, and custom media activations
• Maintain brand safety, suitability, and viewability metrics across all activations

Qualifications:

• 3-4 years' experience working in Ads Manager in several social channels such as, Meta, LinkedIn, Reddit Snapchat, Tik Tok, Twitter, Pinterest etc.
• Experience working at an advertising or digital marketing agency
• 2+ year experience setting up and tracking paid social campaigns from start to completion
• Solid understanding of media technologies and emerging trends
• Excellent communication and presentation skills including written and verbal
• Strong analytical skills. Must be able to gather, analyze, summarize, and present data
• Excellent knowledge of the digital media landscape for both branding and direct response campaigns
• Ability to work independently as well as work in a team in a collaborative, problem-solving environment
• Experience working with influencers, creator/content partners
• Advanced experience with Microsoft Excel (VLOOKUP's, Pivot Tables)
• Detailed knowledge of paid social marketing techniques and platform buying tools
• Ability to manipulate, analyze and interpret large quantities of data
• Must be eager and willing to learn, with exemplary attention to detail, with advanced experience in reporting and campaign builds

At dentsu, we believe great work happens when we're connected. Our way of working combines flexibility with in-person collaboration to spark ideas and strengthen our teams. Employees who live within a commutable distance of one of our hub offices, currently located in Chicago, metro Detroit, Los Angeles, and New York City, are required and expected to work from the office three days per week (two days per week for employees based in Los Angeles). Dentsu may designate other Hub offices at any time. Those who live outside a commutable range may be designated as remote, depending on the role and business needs. Regardless of your work location, we expect our employees to be flexible to meet the needs of our Company and clients, which may include attendance in an office.

The annual salary range for this position is $65,000-$85,000. Placement within the salary range is based on a variety of factors, including relevant experience, knowledge, skills, and other factors permitted by law.

Benefits available with this position include:

• Medical, vision, and dental insurance
• Life insurance
• Short-term and long-term disability insurance
• 401k
• Flexible paid time off
• At least 15 paid holidays per year
• Paid sick and safe leave, and
• Paid parental leave.

Dentsu also complies with applicable state and local laws regarding employee leave benefits, including, but not limited to providing time off pursuant to the Colorado Healthy Families and Workplaces Act, in accordance with its plans and policies. For further details regarding Dentsu benefits, please visit

To begin the application process, please click on the "Apply" button at the top of this job posting. Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis, and qualified candidates will be contacted for next steps.

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Location: Chicago - N. State

Brand: Iprospect

Time Type: Full time

Contract Type: Permanent